Improvement in coal-bunkers



L. c. SMITH. y

coAL-BUNKER. n 150.172,829.y Patented Feb.1,1876.

Secr/oN N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON4 D. C.

UNITED STATES L. oHoUTEAU SMITH,l 0E ST. LOUIS,

MISSOURI, ASSIeNoE 0E ONE-HALE HIS RIGHT TO OSCAR BRADFORD, .OF SAhHELAGE.l

IMPROVEMENT IN COAL-BUNKERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,829, dated February 1, 1876; application filed october 1, 1815.

To all whom itmay conoewu' Be it known that I, L. GHOUTEAU SMITH, of

' St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Construction of CoallBunkers or Coal-Bins, having therewith cer- I hold use, which is essentially made in the form of a frustruln, Ahaving one side cut down to avertical standing on a square base upon Wheels, the whole forming a coal bunker or bin for the reception of coal.

B is a hood or cover intended to conceal the interior receptacle. It may also be very ornamental in'style and use in warm portions of the year for various purposes, particularly as a iiower-stand.V

C represents a quantity .of coal in the bin and its easiness for shoveling, byits being al-A ways taken from below on the slope a, the coal all the while falling down and forward from the widened lower parts and straight back.

D is a receptacle under the shoveling-slope for shovels, dusting-brush, dust-pan, 85e.; f2, closed or open door of access to the coal when turned up. The seat E' can beset in, when it ai'ords an excellent footstool for lacing boots, drawing on or removing rubbers, and other uses. b b, wheels for the case, change of position of the bunker, d showing thel use l The bunker may be made of any desirable t size, with a wooden interior and outside hood of sheet metal, or both parts sheet metal.

It can be drawn to a back door and filled from a barrow, or when of small size filled as a scuttle is filled and the hood dropped over it.

By opening the lid f2 the shovel is easily filled, from the better way in which the coal is approached. p

The footstool E can be permanently attached when the hood is not used by passing a wire rod through as a hinge.

WhatfI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The bunker A, having slope a, in combination with the outer covering B, having door f2, substantially as described.

n. cHoUTEAU SMITH.

Witnesses:

J. H. GREFINKAMP, Jr., ASHTON P.JoHNs'oN. 

